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(No ModeL) A. R. WALL.

CIDER PRESS.

,No. 375,028. Patentd Dem-20, 1887.

UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW R. \VALL, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD WALL, OF SAME PLACE.

CIDER-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,028, dated December 20, 1887.

Application filed September 7, 1887. Serial No. 249,039. (No model.)

citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Dayton, county of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Impovements i'u Cider-Presses; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters or figures marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that form of cider or wine press in which the pomace is made to pass between stationary and adjustable pressurerolls by means of an endless belt acting as a carrier. The part-s and combination of parts are more particularly described hereinafter, reference bei ng had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a detail broken perspective view showing the swinging roller and the halfbearing and fulcrum of the weighted lever.

Similar letters refer to si milar parts through-- out the several views. 7

The letter A represents an iron roller provided with collars at each end and mounted in bearings between the portions of frame-work 2 2 of my machine.

G0 are similar rollers, preferably smaller in diameter than roller A, with collars at each end and suspended on bearings between top and bottom rails, 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of the frame-work K K K of my machine.

B is a yielding or swinging pressure-roller with collars, and having its bearings in the half-bearings F of levers ll F. It is also smaller in diameter than roller A, and intended to fit close to it. A canvas belt or apron, D D D, the full with of the rolls between the collars, is passed around and over the top of front roller, 0', beneath large roller A, over the swinging roller B, down to and around the lower roller, (J, and returns to roller 0.

F F are levers provided with half-bearings at F F, within which roller B is suspended. Levers F F are fulcrumed to frame-work 5 5 at points F F, and by means of the weights W W upon levers F F the pressure of swing ing roller B against roller A is maintained, and the same regulated at the will of the operator.

H H are braces to hold portions of framework 5 5, that suspend swinging roller B.

G represents a soraper'for roller A, held close to it by springsg g,to keep it clean from pomace. The scraper is hung from a partition connecting portions of frame-work 2 2, and the partition also serves to separate any unpressed pomace falling on roller A from that which has been pressed coming from roller B.

Rollers A B and counter-shaft L are each provided on one end with sprocket-wheels E E E, without the frame-work K K K, to en gage endless chain j, by means of which, when power is applied to roller A by crank or other means, motion is communicated to roller B. Endless chain j may be hung loose, so as to accommodate the varying pressure of roller B.

M represents a suit-able grindingmill hopper upon frame-work K K K, from which the apples, ground into pomace, drop upon the endless beltD D D, and carried by this apron between rollers A and B the juice is pressed out onto the lower portion of the apron, and straining through it passes to any receptacle beneath. The pressed pdmace is carried up over roller B and falls tothe ground, to be removed at the will of the operator.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a cidcrpress, the combination, with the larger or driving roll, of the rolls 0 O, a yielding pressureroll, and the endless apron, as set forth.

2. In a cider-press, the combination, with the weighted fulcrumed levers having a halfbearing, of the yielding pressure-roll, the driving-roll, the rolls 0 O, and the endless apron, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the drivingroll and its sprocket-wheel, of the endless chain, the counter-shaft and its sprocket-wheel, the yielding pressure-roll and its sprocket-wheel, the fulcrulned weighted levers, the rolls 0 Q, and the endless apron, as set forth.

ANDREW R. ALL.

Vitnesses:

JACOB STEPHANS, H. A. HUNTER. 

